BALTIMORE – Coppin State's women's basketball team dropped a defensive battle to crosstown rival Morgan State, 47-42, on Saturday afternoon at PEC Arena.
Inside the Numbers
- Chance Graham led Coppin State with 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting while making all six of her free throws. Graham also pulled down eight rebounds and blocked two of the Eagles' seven on the day.
- Aliyah Lawson finished with nine points while Jalynda Salley and Alexandria Hamilton pitched in with six points apiece. Salley led CSU with nine rebounds and had two blocks and two steals.
- E'Mya Price filled up the stat sheet with five points, four rebounds, a game-high four assists, a block and two steals.
- Neither team shot well as both defenses had their way. Coppin narrowly outshot Morgan, 34.1% to 26.7% with the Bears shooting 61.5% in the final quarter. CSU outrebounded Morgan, 39-36, but the Bears scored 24 points off 24 Coppin turnovers.
- Morgan got 17 points from Ashia McCalla and a double-double 15 points and ten rebounds from Chelsea Mitchell who also had five steals.
How it Happened
- A low-scoring affair was evident from the beginning as Morgan held a 7-6 advantage after the first quarter.
- CSU played great defense it the second period, holding the Bears to 1-of-15 shooting to outscore Morgan, 13-5 and go into halftime with a 19-12 lead. The Eagles held MSU without a field goal for the final 5:42 of the quarter and closed the half on a 61 run with Chance Graham scoring four.
- Morgan scored the first six points of the third quarter to pull within 19-18 at the 6:57 mark but Coppin proceeded to score 11-straight points, starting with a three-point play by Graham and ending with the senior forward hitting a pair of free throws.
- After trading buckets, Morgan hit a three to spark a 7-0 run to close the third period.
- The Bears hit a three to open the fourth and cut the deficit to 32-30 and they regained the lead for the first time since the opening minutes on a three-point play by Chelsea Mitchell at 39-37 with 5:56 left.
- Morgan increased its lead to four points, but Coppin stayed in it with free throws by Aliyah Lawson and Jalynda Salley.
- Baskets by Mitchell and CSU's Oluwadamilola Oloyede at the 1:10 and 43 second marks kept it a 43-42 score, but the Bears converted on the other end, and following a CSU turnover, hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to seal the win.
Up Next: Coppin returns to PEC Arena on Monday, January 27 for a 5:30 pm tipoff against Howard.
